A Georgian house in Booterstown, redesigned by its architect owner, made a record price over 10 years ago. Still in pristine condition, it's for sale again. Property Editor Orna Mulcahy reports

A Georgian terraced house on a quarter acre of garden at 66 Booterstown Avenue in Booterstown, Co Dublin has an advised minimum value (AMV) of €2.75 million prior to auction through Gunne on April 12th.

The striking blue house stands back from the road behind a splendid mimosa tree that provides year-round screening from this busy road, and glorious scented flowers at this time of year.

The four-bedroom house last came on the market in the early 1990s, when it made a record price of . . . €257,000.

It created quite a stir at the time because the interior had been thoroughly reworked by owner architect Clodagh Nolan, who opened up the back of the house with the addition of a stunning double height conservatory.

The current owners have kept the house in pristine condition and Nolan's design is as fresh and interesting today as it was over a decade ago.

It's an extremely bright house with light flooding in from the back via the conservatory, the original sash windows and carefully placed rooflights and Veluxes both front and back.

The play of light is the biggest decorative feature, with rooms decorated in a simple uncluttered style that will appeal to buyers right across the board.

At 260sq m (2,800sq ft) there is plenty of space for a family with the double fronted layout allowing for different age groups to congregate on either side of the house, without getting in each others' way.

However, it would also suit a couple who like to entertain, or anyone with a passion for gardening.

The walled garden offers a breathtaking amount of space for a house so close to town, and it's perfectly screened through the summer months with mature trees in the surrounding gardens.

The current layout has two fine reception rooms leading off the hallway, the one on the right leading through glazed double doors to the conservatory diningroom which in turn leads through to the kitchen where Nolan's original design of sleek stainless steel worktops and chunky timber shelving still looks and works extremely well.

Off the kitchen is an open area with doors to the garden and access to a utility room.

There is also a useful passageway leading to the front of the house where there is a separate door used for taking in shopping or fuel.

An elegant, if narrow staircase leads to the first landing and out onto a "bridge" over the conservatory below. Leading off this is a big airy bathroom and beyond is a big laundry room that's warmed by the hot water tank.

The first floor has two large square rooms, one of which is currently used as a study but which is likely to revert to bedroom use.

The main bedroom has a large en suite bathroom with a view of the garden and a wall of built-in wardrobes.

There are two more bedrooms at attic level, large square double rooms, which share the use of a shower room with a slice of window looking directly into the mimosa.

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